Where does “fijn” come from?

fijn (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch fijn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fijn (Dutch): nice, pleasant; fine, thin; delicate, meticulous

Definitions

  1. nice, pleasant; fine, thin; delicate, meticulous

Ancestry of “fijn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchfijnfine
2Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fijn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →